Casket-handle.



A. A. PAGE.

CASKET HANDLE,

APPUCATION men JUNE 29, ms.

1,229,650, Patented June 12, 19w.

WI TNESS ATTORNE Y TYNTTEU PATENT @FFTQE.

ALBERT A. PAGE, OF EAST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR T SARGENT & COMPANY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

CASKET-HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 12, ll ll'i.

Application filed. June 29, 1916. Serial No. 106,641.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT A. PAGE, a

East Haven, county of New -Haven and State of Connecticut. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Casket-Handles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to casket or box handles, and more particularly to those constructed of sheet metal where a U- shaped bail is inserted at its ends through the end portions of a socket plate and secured in place by pivot pins or trunnions located at the back of the plate.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a very simple, strong'c'onstruction, andmore especially it is my object to provide improved means for locking each pivot pin or trunnion'in place in a suitable seat formed at the rear surface of the socket plate.

Another object of my invention isto provide a handle of the type indicated, which can be very readily manufactured and assembled.

To these and other ends, the invention consists in the novel features and combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a casket handle embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the handle;

Fig. 4: is a section on line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary front elevation of the socket plate, with the bail in the raised position and shown in section; and

Fig. 6 is a detail of one of the bridge pieces.

In the drawing I have shown my improvements as applied to a casket or box handle having a sheet metal bail or handle proper 10 attached 'at the respective ends to a plate 11, whichis a dapted to be secured to the casket or box in the usual manner. The hanger arms 12 of the bail, viz., the side portions thereof, are shown as of semi-tubular cross-section. At 'its upper end each hanger arm is cut to form .a fork, the respective tines or branches of which are constituted by plates orcextenwalls of the arm. c1t1zen of the United States, residing in" sions 13 integral with the respective side Each of the plates 13 extends through a narrow slot let out through the sheet metal wall of the socket plate 11 and directedvertically with respect to said plate. The plates 13 extend through the respective slots 14: so that a substantial part ofeach plate is located at the-rear of the body portion of the socket plate in the space defined by the inturned edge 15 of said plate. The plates 13 of each hanger arm are provided with alined perforations for a pivot pin or trunnion 16, which is adapted to be inserted in place after the extremity of the corresponding hanger arm has been passed through the slots. When the pivot pin has been placed in position in the hanger arm, it is adapted 1 to be seated at the respective ends thereof in seats 17 which are formed by bending outward the metal of the socket plate at the sides of the slots 1 1.

My invention relates particularly to the means for holding each pivot pin 16 in the seat formedby the depressions 17. For this purpose, i employ a bridge piece 18 constituted by a stiff metal plate which is provided, preferably near the lower end, with an extension 19. This extension is passed through a small slot 20 in the socket plate beneath the corresponding pivot pin, and is then riveted down at 21 from the It will be observed that the bridge piece extends vertically across a depression 22, in which the intermediate part of the pivot pin is located, and that while the bridge piece is positively connected withthe socket plate only at a point beneath the pivot pin, the upper portion of the bridge piece has an edge surface 23 abutting the rear surface of the socket pla'te above the depression 22. The rear edge of the bridge piece is substantially flush with the marginal flange 15 of the socket plate, as shown in Fig. 4, so that when the handle as a whole has been applied to the box the bridge piece will be efiectively-supported against the box wall. Its upperend por tion will also receive the. strain when the bail 10 is lifted in order to move the box, for when this happens the transverse edge portion 2 lon the hanger arm abuts the front face of the socket plate at about the point 24? (Fig. 4) which is supported by the edge 23 of the bridge piece. In this manner the sheet metal socket plate is effectively prevented from collapse because the strain on the handle is directly transmitted through the bridge piece to the box wall.

It will be observed that in the particular form shown, the pivot pin 16 does not extend through the bridge piece. At its forward edge, the latter is provided with a notch 25 considerably wider than the pivot pin, in which said pin is located. This construction has the advantage that in manufacturing the handle the bridge piece can be made to hold the pivot pin effectively in place even if the former occupies any of a number of different positions. In other words, no great care in locating the hole 20 is necessary. This hole which receives the tongue or extension 19 on the bridge piece may be located either above or below, or to one side or the other of the particular position shown in the drawing.

In any event, however, the riveted head on the bridge piece should preferably be located beneath the corresponding hanger arm where it will be practically invisible, and will not mar the appearance of the handle in any way.

I do not limit myself in all aspects of the invention, however, to a construction in which the bridge piece does not surround the pivot pin.

Without limiting myself to the precise construction shown, I claim:

1. In a casket handle or the like, the combination of a socket plate having slots, an arm having a forked end passing through said slots, a pivot pin extending through the forked end of the arm and securing it against withdrawal from the plate, a member at the rear of the plate directed transversely with respect to said pivot pin for preventing rearward movement thereof, and means of connection between said member and said plate located at a point beneath the arm when the latter is in the pendant position; substantially as described.

2. In a casket handle or the like, the com bination of a socket plate having slots, a bail having a forked end passing through said slots, a pivot pin extending through the forked end of the bail and securing it against withdrawal from the plate, a member at the rear of the plate directed transversely with respect to said pivot pin for preventing rearward movement thereof, and means located at a point beneath the bail for locking said member to the plate, said looking means comprising a tongue or extension on said member passing through and riveted in an opening in the socket plate; substantially as described.

3. In a casket handle or the like, a socket plate having parallel slots, a forked arm having plates passing through said slots, a pivot pin extending through said plates, at the rear of the socket plate, and a bricge member riveted to the socket plate and engaging said pivot pin to prevent rearward movement thereof; substantially as de scribed.

4:. In a casket or like handle, the combination of a socket plate, an arm having side walls passing partially through said socket plate, a pivot pin extending through the arm at the rear of the plate, said plate provided at the rear thereof with a depression in which said pivot pin is received intermediate the side walls of the arm, a retaining piece for said pivot pin passing across said depression, and means for connecting said retaining piece directly with the front Wall of the socket plate at a point located behind the arm when the latter is in the pendant position; substantially as described.

5. In a casket handle or the like, a socket plate having parallel slots and having a depressed portion adjacent said slots form ing a seat at the rear face of the plate, a bail having a forked end passing through said slots, a pivot pin passing through the forked end of the bail and located in said seat, a bridge piece extending vertically across the pivot pin and said seat to confine the former in the latter, said bridge piece having a bearing on the plate above said seat and another bearing on the plate below said seat,

and a part on said bridge piece extending through an opening in the socket plate and riveted therein, said part being located behind the bail when the latter is in the pendant position; substantially as described.

6. In a casket handle or the like, the combination of a socket plate, a bail having an end passing through said socket plate, a pivot pin passing through the bail at the rear of the socket plate 'to secure it against withdrawal from said plate in a forward direction, said socket plate having a depression at the rear thereof in which said pivot pin is located, a bridge member at the rear of the socket plate for confining said pin in said depression, said bridge member consisting of a metal piece presented edgewise toward the rear surface of the socket plate and bearing thereon, and means of connection between said bridge member and the front wall of the socket plate located beneath said depression and at a point which is situated back of the bail when the latter is in the pendant position; substantially as described.

7. In a casket handle or the like, a socket plate having parallel slots, a forkedplate presenting parallel portions passing through said slots, a pivot pin extending through said parallel portions at the rear of the socket plate, the latter being provided at the rear With a depression for seating said pin, a bridge piece at the rear of the plate bearing at one edge against the rear surface of the plate on opposite sides of said depression, and rigid means of connection between said bridge piece and the socket plate located at a point remote from said depression; substantially as described.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this 28th day of June, 1916.

ALBERT A. PAGE.

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